Suspect arrested in Aptos-area school bus road rage

Jeffery Bowie has been arrested as a suspect in a road rage incident on Monday against a school bus on Highway 1 northbound near Larkin Valley Road, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office.

At approximately 1:30 p.m. deputies responded to a call in which a Toyota Corolla was suspected of intentionally cutting in front of a small school bus and slowing down. Then, when the bus turned into the break down lane, it pulled in front and backed into the bus.

No one was injured in the bus, which was carrying the driver and a 3-year-old passenger.

During the follow-up investigation, deputies identified Jeffery Bowie as the driver of the Corolla. On Thursday, he was contacted at his home and arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.